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Vietnam and US firms have inked many deals worth dozens of billions of dollars during the Vietnamese President’s four-day visit. Vietnam’s President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has worked with many big US firms during his four-day visit starting Sept 21 to attend the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)’s 76th session in New York. Vietnam’s President Nguyen Xuan Phuc (2nd left) and Pfizer’s Senior Vice President Jonathan Selib in New York on Sept 23 (local time). Photos: Thong Nhat/ VNA Talking with Pfizer Inc. executives at its headquarter in New York on Sept 23 (local time) is the latest among dozens of meetings that the president held on the sidelines of the UN debates, in which he had delivered a speech calling for the global unity against Covid-19. Pfizer’s Senior Vice President Jonathan Selib pledged to provide enough 51 million doses it has pledged to supply Vietnam. Specifically, it will provide within this year 31 million doses for adults and 20 million …

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The Bamboo Airways aircraft (Photo: baogiaothong.vn) Hanoi, September 24 (VNA) – Bamboo Airways ’ first flight on its direct route between Vietnam and the US landed in San Francisco, the US, on September 23 (local time) after 13 hours and 36 minutes of nonstop flight. The flight, coded QH9149 , used a Boeing 787-9 plane and carried 20 crewmembers on board. According to the Vietnamese airline, this is also its first flight piloting the IATA Travel Pass, an electronic health passport application by the International Air Transport Association (IATA), after nearly three months of related system preparations. The flight crew at a ceremony before departing for the US (Photo: vnexpress.net) Upon the landing, Bamboo Airways has become the first Vietnamese carrier to sign a four-party cooperation agreement on the development of non-stop direct flights from Vietnam to Los Angeles, with the other three parties consisting of the US city, its Tourism & Convention Board …

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Flight QH9149 departed Noi Bai International Airport (Hanoi) at 7:55 p.m. (local time) on Sept. 23 and landed at 8:15 p.m. (local time) at San Francisco International Airport (California, U.S.). This is also the first nonstop flight connecting Vietnam and the U.S. operated by Bamboo Airways after it received permission. Bamboo Airways is officially trialing IATA Travel Pass. Before the flight, passengers are required to take a Covid-19 test at Hong Ngoc General Hospital. Licensed by the Ministry of Health, this is currently the only unit in Vietnam designated by IATA. Developed by International Air Transport Association (IATA), IATA Travel Pass is aimed at helping travelers easily and securely manage their travel health credentials in line with government requirements for Covid-19 tests or vaccines. Bamboo Airways officially trials IATA Travel Pass on a flight departing Hanoi for San Francisco on Sept. 23, 2021. Photo by Bamboo Airways Bamboo Airways’ trial of IATA …

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Jonathan Selib, Senior Vice President of Pfizer, said the firm would provide 31 million doses of its Covid-19 vaccine for adults in Vietnam this year, and another 20 million doses for its children once they're proven effective and safe. Phuc also requested Pfizer to complete approval procedures for countries to hand over Pfizer vaccine doses for Vietnam once Vietnam manages to reach a purchase agreement, according the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Vietnam has vaccinated over 29 million people with at least one Covid-19 vaccine shot. Over seven million people have been fully vaccinated. The country aims to secure 150 million doses to cover 70 percent of its population by next year. …

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HCMC leads the day’s tally with 3,786 cases, followed by Binh Duong with 2,978. In Friday’s count,4,462 were found in quarantine zones or lockdown areas. The Covid-19 death toll in Vietnam rose to 18,220 with the confirmation of 203 deaths Friday. On average, there have been 226 Covid deaths a day for the past seven days. The number of recoveries has increased to 505,859, including the 12,371 discharges. In the past 24 hours, over 176,000 tests have been conducted on more than 422,000 samples. More than 36.7 million have been vaccinated at least once and nearly 7 million have got the prescribed two doses …

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Much of Vietnam’s foreign trade picture depends on whether it can rein in the pandemic in time. Photo: Le Toan For more than a month, Garment 10 Corporation, one of the leading companies in the textile and garment industry in Vietnam, had to follow strict social distancing and labour requirements, leading to shortages that have delayed orders in the third quarter for the US and European markets. “It is very difficult for us to complete our export orders for the rest of the year because the pandemic continues to linger. The stay-at-work model restricted us to maintain only around 30-50 per cent of our workers, while we are always threatened with closure should there be an infection,” said Than Duc Viet, general director of Garment 10. The company is one of many exporters that are facing difficulties in production. Meanwhile, the last months of the year are typically very important for manufacturers and exporters because of the high trade volume and orders promised for the next …

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Vietnam protests China’s deployment of military transport aircraft to bring back its troops on reefs that are part of Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago to the Chinese mainland as “violating its sovereignty.” Foreign ministry’s spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang made the comment Thursday during the regular press briefing held virtually from Hanoi. Vietnam’s authorities always closely follow the developments in the East Sea, she noted, as reporters asked for Vietnam’s comments on the information regarding China’s use of its Xi’an Y-20 aircraft from Mischief Reef (Đá Vành Khăn in Vietnamese), Subi Reef (Đá Xu Bi), and Fiery Cross Reef (Đá Chữ Thập), currently illegally occupied by the Chinese military. This is reportedly the first time China’s official military units have confirmed the presence of such aircraft in the Trường Sa islands. “China’s act violates international laws, contravenes the basic principles guiding the handling of maritime issues between Vietnam …

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Vietnam is positioned as a strong contender and potential representative for the e-sports competition at the SEA Games this year. Team Flash AOV Vietnam is crowned world champion in the Arena of Valor competition. — Photo courtesy of AWC 2019 Team Flash AOV Vietnam is the first e-sport team in Vietnam to be crowned the world champion for the Arena of Valor (AOV)/Lien Quan mobile e-sports competition. The victory marks Vietnam’s first-ever world championship title in e-sports. Team Flash AOV Vietnam, which includes seven Vietnamese members, beat Taiwan with a score of 4-3 in the final competition at the major e-sports event, Arena of Valor (AOV) World Cup 2019 (AWC 2019). AOV is among the six titles at the SEA Games for e-sports this year, where e-sports will be included as an official medal sport for the first time. Terence Ting, CEO of Team Flash from Singapore, said: “Considering that Vietnam has just been crowned World Champions which includes the wider APAC …

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Four hundred thousand doses of the Covid-19 vaccine donated to Vietnam from Japan will arrive at Tan Son Nhat Airport on September 25. Japan to give 400,000 Covid-19 vaccines to Vietnam Japan has already provided about 3.18 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines since June to Vietnam. The Japanese Embassy in Vietnam said they would continue to work with other nations and international organisations to provide more donations in order to control the pandemic as quickly as possible. Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Toshimitsu Motegi said on September 14 that Japan would give 1.3 million doses of vaccines to Vietnam, Thailand, Brunei and Taiwan. 500,000 doses would go to Taiwan, 300,000 doses to Thailand, 100,000 doses to Brunei and 400,000 to Vietnam. The vaccines have been transferred to the countries as soon as they are available. Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh thanked Japan for the help and hoped that Japan would continue to give more support and cooperate in …

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VABIOTECH, one of Vietnam’s leading pharmaceutical companies, has successfully produced its first batch of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19, VABIOTECH announced. Sputnik V vaccine manufacturing process in Vietnam Dr. Do Tuan Dat, VABIOTECH director, made the announcement, citing a vaccine quality control appraisal report by the Gamaleya National Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology, the developer of the vaccine in Russia that said the vaccine produced in Vietnam has met its quality standard. VABIOTECH has partnered with the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) to produce the Sputnik V vaccine in Vietnam. The initial test batch came out in July and samples were sent back to Gamaleya for quality control. “The production of these doses will help Vietnamese people gain easier access to quality vaccine source, contributing to the COVID-19 fight,” said Dr. Dat. As scheduled, the Sputnik V will be used as part of the country’s National Expanded …

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